hello bunnies, some news regarding udongein.
The instance *should not* be gone by 2025, some discussion and pondering has been made during past days.
To put it in a nutshell @drq is generously helping with the hosting infrastructure, and @yura is granted admin responsibility.

https://udongein.xyz/notice/AmpKtKRabeiYyWdGb2
(don’t know how to quote a post any more lol)

[ OFFICIAL ORIGIN OF THE POKÉMON UNIVERSE ]

In the beginning, there was a vortex of chaos.
All mixed slowly together, and everything was a blur.
One day, a large egg appeared in the center of the chaos. For a long time, the egg continued to shake.

Eventually, the vortex stopped, and the egg broke. The absolute god AUS was born.

The scattered fragments of the egg transformed into giants, and attacked the newly born AUS.
However, AUS quickly grew, and continuously defeated the giants.
At last, after a fierce battle, AUS defeated all the giants.

The wounded AUS created an alternate self.
As the left and right side of AUS’s body were different, it created two selves.
AUS gathered the body of the defeated giants, and poured its blood into them.

From the one who resembled his left poured out light, so AUS named it IA, the god of light.
From the one who resembled his right poured out darkness, so AUS named it EA, the god of darkness.

To the two, AUS commanded that the world be filled with people, and fell into a deep slumber.

Although IA and EA were different in appearance, they loved one another, were joined, and had many children.
However, there still existed no world, and their frail children, who had nowhere to go, died one after the other.
Though overcome with great sadness, IA and EA thought of creating a world where all could live healthy and prosperous lives.

IA and EA called their children REI, the god of eyes; AI, the god of heart; and HAI, the god of voice.

When REI open its eyes, everything that was there appeared. There was now contour and color in the world.
When AI wished for it, everything that was there could be felt. A sense of calm spread.
When HAI shouted, everything that was there trembled. A blessed timbre began to resonate.

To the three, IA and EA gave the seed of life and told them to nurture it.

The three gathered in a circle and prayed, and the seed sprouted.

The sprout quickly grew, and became the giant tree of life.
However, the tree continued to grow, soon filling the entire world, and no one was able to move.

The three asked Father IA and Mother EA for help.

EA and IA joined once again, and had three children.
The god of the sky, RAYQUAZA; the god of the earth, GROUDON; and the god of the ocean, KYOGRE were born.

RAYQUAZA wrapped its body around the tree of life.
GROUDON and KYOGRE slammed their bodies into the tree of life.
Eventually, the tree fell and broke into three pieces.

REI, AI, and HAI prayed, saddened that the tree would rot away like this.
Then, the pieces of the broken tree would transform into the sky, earth, and ocean.

RAYQUAZA became the pillar that holds the sky.
The shadow that reached into the heavens became the three gods who sustain the sky: KAIRYU, KABIGON, and BANGIRAS.
The air filled the sky, and the stars sparkled.

GROUDON became the land that covers the earth.
The roar of the diving land became the three gods who sustain the earth: DAABU, SAAN, and GOODON.
The earth shook, and the mountains stirred.

KYOGRE became the veins of water that embraced the oceans.
The ripples that disappeared into the seas became the three gods who sustain the ocean: LATIAS, METAGROSS, and LATIOS.
The ocean was filled with water, and the waves whispered.

Thus the world was born.

IA and EA, and the various gods, were very pleased with this, and filled this world with their children.

That peaceful world was a paradise for the children of god.

The children of god would continue to multiply.

Through that, words would change little by little.

Over time, the gods began would call those who lived in the world by two names.

The children of god who resembled the great father, IA, would be called “Pokémon”. The children of god who resembled the great mother, EA, were called “humans”.

The absolute god AUS will soon awaken, and seeing the world filled with its descendants, will promise great abundance and prosperity.

Нет, ну вы видели?! Видели?! Чёртовы чернокнижники!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC87WmFN_As

Я всё понимаю, были обкатки, показывали всякие небольшие варианты с площадкой, но попасть вот этой семидесятиметровой елдой из космоса ПРЯМО В ТЕ ЖЕ ЗАХВАТЫ ИЗ КОТОРЫХ ОНА ВЗЛЕТЕЛА — это уже действительно какая-то чёрная магия. Вот глядя на такие видео, я начинаю верить, что мы с вами доживём до футурамовского «Ты же сегодня утром летал на Луну за пончиками».

Невероятно круто, конечно. Я себе с трудом представляю, как можно такого добиться, команде #spacex огромный респект. И при всех их бюджетах и сопровождающих бюджеты скандалах, даже просто придумать такое — непонятно, с какой стороны надо начать думать, чтобы додуматься, а уж в реальном железе такое сделать — прямо подвиг.

Сегодня можно сказать «в исторические времена живём» без той грустной коннотации, которая сопровождает эту фразу последние несколько лет.

🟢🎨 Человеческий vs ИИ-контент. Новый поворот

Исследователи говорят о новом типе психологического расстройства, которое распространяется с огромной скоростью. Суть в том, что люди испытывают дискомфорт от процедурно созданного контента и желают оградиться от него. Проявляется это почему-то только в области искусства и не затрагивает автопилотирование, медицинские и научно-исследовательские ИИ. Расстройству уже дали название фобИИя, или боязнь искусственного интеллекта и его творений.

Некоторые психологи не согласны называть это расстройством и считают, что классификация преждевременна. Например, они указывают, что нет методов диагностики и лечения, а значит, невозможно отличить реальное изменение поведения от личных предпочтений или разовых проявлений.

Но жизнь в нашу эпоху невероятно ускорилась, и слухи о фобИИи разлетелись быстро. Результат заслуживает целого исследования на стыке социологии, психологии и технологических дисциплин. С одной стороны, в исфере появились виртуальные центры лечения фобИИй, с другой, возникло движение арт-оценщиков. Последние анализируют контент и выносят вердикт об искусственности или естественности его создателей. Пикантность ситуации в том, что сегодня такие оценки невозможно качественно провести без использования сложных ИИ-комплексов. 

Знают ли об этом заказчики, которые желают просто послушать человеческую музыку, посмотреть картины людей, почитать произведения из-под пера, а не алгоритма? Сомневаюсь. Но я бы посмотрел на их реакцию, если им об этом сказать.

Чтобы пройти тест на фобИИю или включить исфер-фильтр на человеческий контент, взгляните на знак □

#культураЗавтрии, #людиЗавтрии

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GoG: "Since checkout banners are trending, we're thinking of putting one up ourselves. Thoughts on this one?" The banner says, "A purchase of a digital product on GOG grants you its Offline Installers, which cannot be taken away from you.”

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/steam-checkout-banner-clarifies-you-dont-own-the-game-you-buy-gog-takes-a-jab-at-steam-saying-it-gives-users-offline-installers-that-cannot-be-taken-away